They're big and fast and fly in space, but NASA's space shuttles are far from being shiny white spaceships straight off the factory floor.

虽然外形很大而且飞得很快，但美国宇航局（NASA）的航天飞机与其在工厂里洁白的形象相去甚远。

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Mother as a space is part-church, part-factory floor, part-living room.

Mother是一个部分是教堂，部分是工厂，部分是起居室的这样一个空间。

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Staff on the factory floor can see into the office space.

工厂基层工作人员可以看到办公室内部。

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He said the collapse involved a mezzanine area that had been added between two buildings above a loading bay, to create more factory floor space.

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The factory floor space at Marlin Steel is being doubled and there is no doubt the company is doing well, prospering even, during the bad years.

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For inspiration, take a look at a 33-acre (floor space) engine factory that opened 18 months ago in rural Dundee, Mich.

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